If we could have 1,000 years to live, maybe we wouldn't be in such a rush now, don't you think so?

Let's admit it. At one time or another, we wished to live forever, to have all the time we need in order to do everything we wanted to do. Forever seems too long for our imagination, so why not visualize a thousand years instead?

Given a thousand years to live, what would you do? What difference would it make? To be able to live for more than ten generations and see your great great great grandson, wouldn't it be amazing to play pretend once in a while?

If I were to live for 1,000 years myself, I'll probably do the following:

1. I'd still continue blogging and document what adventures a person can go through in 1,000 years.

2. I'd continue to strive to have enough passive income to free my time (as if I don't have enough, haha), and not waste 1,000 years just trying to earn a living.

3. I'd get rich enough to spend on my travels and further studies.

4. I'd travel the world with my loved ones.

5. I'd study arts and music.

6. I'd learn to cook and make the most tasty mouth-watering dishes.

7. I'd learn some sports.

8. I'd discover the wonders of the human mind and teach others what I've learned.

9. I'd probably be a healer.

10. I'd love like I've never loved before.

11. I'd do what I can to make this world a better place before journeying forth to the next!

Just in case you're wondering why I've listed 11 things instead of the usual 10, I have only 1 alibi. I'd live for 1,000 years, wouldn't I? :-)

I've asked this same question in my plurk.com network and one reply really got my attention. The person said that given 1,000 years to live, what he wants to do is to look for another person who can live 1,000 years just like him! I liked that answer, nobody would want to be lonely for that long, certainly. How about you? Given 1,000 years to live, what would you do?

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But is eternity always a blessing? Shall we be happy to find out the mere fact that we are all eternal and that we shall never really die? Is that the end of all our sufferings?

Many Christians do not think so, for with the existence of eternal life and heaven, the existence of hell also comes into play. For Eastern Religions, too, the succession of never ending reincarnations seem more like a curse than a blessing, a curse that should be broken through enlightenment. For atheists, a vision of a life lived over again is empty compared to the valuable moment that will never pass our way again.

To some extent, I believe in that. In my own belief, "Hell" indeed is being stuck. This curse is hence symbolised by the circle, which is the false symbol of eternity and perfection. The circle is like the number zero, a life lived that merely goes back where it came from and amounts to nothing in the end. It is the eradication of the self and the absorption of everything into nothingness.

Perfection for me is symbolized by the infinity sign, a sign telling us that though life can be eternal, it is not zero, that though there can be unity, the separate persons embracing each other are not eradicated.

This infinity sign however was cut into two circles thru sin, hence, we were trapped in endless and meaningless cycles. We were separated from God and from perfectly loving each other. Hence came the bar between the two circles, a bar remedied by Jesus thru the cross. It is the cross that bridged the gap and restored perfection in infinity, a perfection of love, for where there is no love, there is no need for eternity.

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